Cup and saucer and similar articles



Feb. 20, 1934. H. w. BRIESE CUP AND SAUCER AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed March 4, 1952 INVENTOR Henry W fip-fese BY ATTORNEY while in use.

Patented Feb. 20, 1934 CUP AND SAUCER T OFFICE AND SIMILAR. ARTICLES HenryW. Briese, Jamaica, N. Y. Application March 4, 1932, Serial No. 596,689

1 Claim.

The invention similar dishes where one is placed upon the other It has for its main object to provide means for preventing the upper dish from sliding on .the lower dish object is to construct these means in such a manner that they will not add to the weight nor the cost of the dishes, nor add to the labor of cleaning them, nor change their general appearance. A further object is to construct the means associated with the lower dish in such a manner that a spoon, or similar article, placed on the lower dish will not be displaced when the upper dish is removed. A still further object is to so construct the means associated-with the upper dish that its contents will, to a greatextent, be prevented from undue agitation when the dishes are carried. These and other obvious objects and advantages will be understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawing of preferred embodiments of the invention in which, however, modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claim. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a sectional side. view of a cup and saucer showing the invention;

Fig. 2 a plan view of the saucer; Fig. 3 a sectional side view of a gravy boat and saucer to which the invention is likewise applied, and

Fig. 4 a plan view Referring first to consists in forming .jection -10 :in" the center of the lower dish, or saucer, 11, and a co-acting indentation, or seat 12 in the bottom of the cup 13. The projection, as well as the indentation, is preferably made of of the saucer shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 1- and 2, the invention conical shape.

Figs. and 4 illustrate a gravy boat and saucer in which the base of the gravy boat is of oval shape. In this case, the projection 14,-as well as the indentation 15. is oval.

It is evident that the invention y be applied relates to cups and saucers and.

and thus reducing the danger of spilling the contents of the upper dish. Another.

an upwardly extending proto a variety of other dishes than those shown, as for example cereal dishes, dessert dishes, bullion cups, or in fact any set of dishes employing an upper and lower piece.

By the employment of these means on a pair of dishes, as for example the cup and saucer shown. the cup is automatically centered when placed on the saucer. In carrying mized. The upwardly bulging center 16 of the cup greatly reduces the tendency of its contents to slosh from side to side when carrying the set. And the projection 10 on the saucer prevents a spoon 17, or similar article when laid on the saucer, from sliding to the center as is generally the case with an ordinary saucer. By having the projection on the lower dish considerably higher than the depth of the indentation inthe upper dish, the lower edge of the upper dish is prevented from touching the lower dish of the contents of the upper dish, which may accidentally be spilled into the lower dish, will not adhere to the bottom of the lower dish and drop from there when the dish is lifted.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention, while very simple in its construction, removes the .most serious disadvantages now-found in dishes of the class to which it is applicable, and that it is of real advantage in cafeterias and other restaurants in which the patrons serve themselves, as well as in homes and other places.

the set the danger of the cup sliding on the saucer is greatly mini- Having described the invention and its advantages, what I claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent'is:

straight, upwardly extending projection formed on the upper side of the lower dish; said projection terminating in an extreme obtuse cone; and a co-acting, cone-shaped depression formed in the bottom of the upper dish; said projection and said depression being of complemental shapes so as to be capable of snug-fitting, mating engagement.

HENRY W. -B R1ESE.

' In a pair of dishes of the type described; a 

